607 Battle of Kauai Island

Everyone thinks that Americans are a bunch of playboys, a bunch of rich kids who can't fight. But in fact, everyone doesn't understand the American nation. When the crisis comes, this nation definitely has no shortage of heroes. At least throughout the history of World War II, the fighting will of the Americans is absolutely tough.

If Americans are afraid of casualties, then he must have never seen the corpses of American soldiers piled up on the beaches of Normandy. When the German machine gun bullets swept over like raindrops, the American soldiers still marched desperately. When they finally captured the beach, the sea water was dyed red.

In another time and space, in Bastogne, the American 101st Airborne Division was surrounded by superior German forces. The German commander sent a letter of persuasion. The Brigadier General replied with only one word: "Silly x!"

Therefore, Americans do not lack patriotism, nor do they lack courage and sacrifice. What they lack is a reason to fight for their country, and what they lack is a belief that persuades themselves to die generously. When everything is in place, the fighting power of the Americans will be fully unleashed, turning into a terrifying war behemoth, tearing apart opponents with their strong industrial background and patriotic spirit.

Of course, if the industrial background has not been brought into play, the patriotic spirit of the Americans is the same as the Bushido of Japan, which is extremely fragile in front of steel. The Japanese bombardment on Kauai made everyone feel desperate. The shells hit the US Army's positions like raindrops, destroying the solid fortifications that took a month to build.

Compared with the nearly 100 warships in the Japanese Combined Fleet, the artillery deployed by the Americans on Kauai Island did not even have the capital to fight back. They were crushed by the Japanese army from all aspects as soon as they opened fire: bombing from the sky and The suppressed shots from the sea directly smashed these cannons into scrap iron.

"We are reorganizing the defense line. Although the main positions are severely damaged, they can still be used to resist the Japanese landing." The regiment leader who asked for support looked at the field hospital not far away, and looked at the more than 30 people inside. A wounded soldier who kept crying, frowned and assured his superior: "Yes! We will stick to our position until the order to retreat comes."

About 100 meters behind him, a shell kicked up dust and silt that covered the sky, making everyone shrink their necks involuntarily. The noise came, and the voice of the voice could no longer be heard clearly. The American regiment leader had to confirm the order loudly again: "Speak up! I can't hear what you are talking about! Yes! We will stick to our positions and keep going. Hold fast until the order to retreat comes!"

Before he had time to put down the phone in his hand, in the narrow space at the observation port, he saw Japanese ships starting to unload groups of Japanese soldiers densely, and these Japanese soldiers made terrifying noises. Howling, climbed off the battleship from the rope net bag laid on the high side of the ship, jumped onto the sampan and boat used for landing, and launched an attack on the beach defended by the US military.

"Is it the headquarters? Hello? Is it the headquarters? Japanese soldiers are starting to land!" He held the microphone,

He reported this sentence to the inside again, then put down the phone and turned around, looking at several communication soldiers: "Go to your respective positions! Order the troops to start a counterattack according to the original counterattack plan! Go!"

"Yes! Sir!" Several signal soldiers stood at attention and saluted, and then quickly ran out of the command room holding their helmets. At this time, the regiment commander picked up the phone again and contacted the battalion-level combat units under his command one by one. The main reason why he sent the signal soldier was because he was afraid that the phone would be destroyed or cut off, but because of his luck, he contacted all the troops under his control.

The American machine gun has always used the backward and traditional Browning machine gun, but after this weapon is deployed on a fixed position, there are no various shortcomings: the bulky body provides continuous and stable firepower output, and the bullet chain The bomb feed is hundreds of times better than the various weird feed modes used by Japanese machine guns.

So when the Japanese soldiers staggered onto the beach, the destruction caused by the sudden fire of American machine guns caused the densely packed Japanese soldiers to pay a heavy price. Bullets rained down on the Japanese soldiers, and a torrent of metal passed through the gun, bringing up a faint mist of blood.

"Attack!" A Japanese second lieutenant waved his command knife, encouraging the soldiers to march forward despite the hail of bullets, but soon he paid a heavy price for his recklessness. A stray bullet from nowhere knocked away his hand wielding a long knife, and the second bullet sent his arm flying far away.

The nightmare did not end. When he turned his head to look at his right hand with only a bone left, a bullet flew again and pierced his steel helmet from the back of the head. The powerful penetration took away his eyes The nose and most of the facial bones. Amidst the hysterical screams of the soldiers, the second lieutenant fell on the beach like a pool of mud.

The blood flowed down the beach to the sea. This place was absolutely cruel hell for the Japanese soldiers. They had never seen such ferocious suppressive firepower anywhere in China or Southeast Asia, and even the density of ammunition dropped by their own most elite divisions , are incomparable to the American soldiers on the opposite side.

In order to catch up with the huge gap in the German army's individual weapons, the Americans repurchased their front-line weapons, and the m1 Garand automatic rifles began to be installed in large numbers. This weapon is simply equivalent to the Japanese bolt-action rifle A terrifying existence comparable to a submachine gun. What's more, the American troops are also equipped with carbines to narrow the firepower density gap with the German MP-44 assault rifles. After some hard work, the American troops' infantry ammunition pouring ability is comparable to that of the elite German grenadiers. The Japanese troops with Japanese-style rifles seem to be overqualified.

In the trenches, the American soldiers held their weapons and began to frantically sweep their ammunition towards the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side. The dense shell attacks just now made these American soldiers suffer a lot. Now that Feng Shui has turned, they will naturally use their own methods to vent their anger to the enemy on the opposite side.

"Fire! Fire! Try to aim at the opponent and shoot! You have suppressed them! Aim and shoot me!" An American sergeant squinted his eyes and ordered his soldiers loudly in the trench. But the American soldiers around him ignored his shouts. These soldiers frantically pulled their triggers, and fired rounds after rounds at the crowd on the opposite side. They didn't squat down until they heard their rifles ejected from the clips and made a crisp click. He took out the magazine full of bullets from his pocket, tapped the helmet twice, and then pressed it into the magazine again.

A Japanese soldier pointed a long rifle at the opposite American position, pulled his trigger, and the bullet accurately hit an American soldier. However, the Japanese soldier was quickly knocked down by the machine gun, and before he even had time to utter a cry, he vomited blood and died. More Japanese soldiers yelled, chanting slogans of God's blessing, holding 38-type rifles with bayonets inserted, and frantically flocked to the American defensive positions.

As time went by, the sea was gradually dyed red, and the Japanese were still charging crazily. This time they had various shelters, and these bunkers were piled up layer by layer with Japanese corpses. The corpses extended to the American positions little by little, and the distance between the two sides was very close in some places. The Americans fought back frantically under the bombardment of the Japanese warships, while the Japanese soldiers frantically rushed onto the beach under the cover of naval guns.

"Thuk! Thuk!" On a machine gun position in the United States, the shooter was swinging the machine gun back and forth, firing bullets at the enemy in the distance. Not far away, a Japanese soldier jumped into the trench with a bayonet in his hand. trenches. Some American soldiers with shotguns and submachine guns opened fire violently, knocking all the Japanese soldiers who had entered the trenches to the ground.

But more Japanese soldiers rushed into the trenches. An American officer emptied his carbine, only to find that there was no time to reload it, so he drew his pistol and fired violently, shouting at him. A Japanese soldier knocked to the ground.

However, another Japanese soldier jumped into the trench behind him and shot the American military officer in the back. The bullet passed through the chest. The big-toed shoes stepped on his body.

On the beach, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers finally lifted a Type 92 heavy machine gun ashore. This kind of heavy machine gun with a total weight of more than 110 catties including the bracket is definitely a well-deserved guy. Of course, compared with the Browning used by the American soldiers on the opposite side, the performance of this "self-developed" machine gun developed by Japan can only be described as average.

But at this time, a heavy machine gun that can provide continuous fire support can help the Japanese Marine Corps, which only has 38-type rifles, regain some confidence. While the deputy shooter kept stuffing the bullets into the bomb bay, the machine gun began to spew out tongues of flame, suppressing the distant American machine gun positions.

With the cover of this machine gun, more Japanese weapons began to be deployed on the beach, including the Japanese characteristic weapon grenade. This kind of weapon can be said to be a small mortar or a simple grenade launcher. In short, at certain moments, this kind of weapon equipped in large quantities by Japan is still very threatening. After two precise grenadier attacks, the US beachhead defense line was finally breached, and groups of Japanese soldiers rushed towards the breach. The Kauai Island landing battle continued after three hours of fierce fighting between the two sides.